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What is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Karenga who was a leading theorist of The Black Movement in the 1960’s. His writing...

At this joyous time of year, we want to say "thank you" so much for your patience and support throughout this, our 1st year. We hope that...

Let's see, where did I leave off? Last I posted, I was giving you the rundown on the interesting week we had, and I left off with Feria...

Although we had a pretty frustrating several days last week, the end of the week turned out to be much, much better. Thursday was an...

Costa Rica is one of the most popular relocation spots for US expats, however you may not be able to watch all of your favorite TV shows!...

(That Was the Week That Was, or informally TWTWTW or TW3, a satirical television comedy program with David Frost from BBC Television ran...

If you are looking for an excellent holistic dentist in Costa Rica this is the place! Located at the Cima International Hospital in...

It's another feria Friday! Since Lavanson is a vegetarian, we buy lots of veggies each week at our local feria in Grecia. It's the only...

On September 15th, five Central American nations — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua — celebrated 193 years of...

Yesterday 21 of us attended a very inspirational Mindfulness Workshop at a friend's house in San Ramon. It is the 1st one I have attended...

Most of you probably already know that Costa Rica has a problem with the huge number of stray cats and dogs. Many of them live their...

This isn't Micheal Britt's first time exploring expat life. Jeanetta Owens chats with Mike Britt below #ExpatLife #CostaRicaLife

Yesterday was my birthday. It was a pretty epic day really . Back Story Some of you may remember when we first applied for temporary...

Today marks the one year anniversary of the day my two little Yorkies, Lily & Lola (aka the Urbandoggs) crossed the rainbow bridge (story...

Just in case you didn't catch us LIVE or watch us on FB, here is the Costa Rica Live Chat. It will also be in on the video page for...

Today I am sharing this very interesting and informative video about Costa Rica by my friend Dr. Robin Hancock. Robin is a teacher, and...

We really enjoyed the webinar hosted by The Black Expat Lots of great questions! Comment LOVED all the interesting information you shared...

Back for my second class!!! Last week I took my 1st beginners yoga class at Ser La Luz. Lavanson has been going for about a year (off...

We're honored to be featured in a Retirement Webinar SAT APR 27 10:00am The Black Expat Live: The Austins (The Aspiring Expats) "Last...

Finally got this one uploaded to Youtube. For those of you on Facebook, I uploaded this last week but if you are not on Facebook or just...